Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute Announces Exciting Keynote
Lineup for 20th Annual SEPG North America 2008 Conference
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Video-gaming systems, long-term
advances in software development for the U.S. military, and what the future
holds for software development will be the featured keynote topics at the
Carnegie Mellon(R) Software Engineering Institute (SEI) 20th Annual SEPG(SM)
North America 2008 Conference at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Fla.,
March 17-20, 2008.
On Tuesday, March 18, Computer World editor and writer Gary Anthes will
moderate an expert panel discussion on how software development has changed
over the past 20 years and what the future holds for software development.
These experts will share their insights and experiences on successes,
failures, and the potential in software and systems-improvement research and
applicability. Expert panelists include:
-- Watts Humphrey, SEI Fellow and National Medal of Technology winner
-- Joe Jarzombek, director for software assurance, U.S. Department of
Homeland Security National Cyber Security Division
-- Madhav Panwar, senior level technologist, U.S. Government
Accountability Office
-- M. Lynn Penn, director of process management, Lockheed Martin
The keynote speakers for Wednesday, March 19, include Major General Curtis
M. Bedke from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory and Guha and Karthik
Bala, co-founders of Vicarious Visions.
Maj. Gen. Bedke will speak first regarding capabilities of interest to the
U.S. Air Force that are feasible only through long-term advances in software
development and current Air Force research programs aimed at achieving those
capabilities. Bedke assumed command of the Air Force Research Laboratory
(AFRL) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, in October 2007. AFRL is the
Air Force's sole organization entirely dedicated to leading the discovery,
development, and integration of affordable warfighting technologies for U.S.
air, space, and cyberspace forces.
Guha and Karthik Bala will close Wednesday's keynote address with a talk
about their approach to disciplined process improvement in a rapidly changing
and demanding market of video gaming. Under the Bala brothers' direction,
Vicarious Visions, a division of Activision, Inc., has created over 100
software titles selling more than 25 million units and accounting for over $1
billion in retail sales. The studio has developed several top-selling games
for console and handheld systems from Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo. Recent
titles include Spider-Man 3, Shrek the Third, Transformers, and Tony Hawk.
SEPG North America 2008 offers eight tracks and more than 170 sessions
that will provide information on software improvement results and activities
that contribute to a global enterprise. Those topics include
-- building quality products on cost and on schedule
-- establishing and maintaining continuous improvement efforts
-- strategically aligning organizations with software engineering
industry leaders
SEPG North America is part of the Institute's SEPG Conference Series,
which began in 1988 as workshop with one track to highlight the importance of
disciplined process improvement. Twenty years later, SEPG North America has
exploded into the industry's premier gathering of the best and brightest in
software and systems process improvement. Attendees will gather for four
information-packed days on ways to improve processes in their organizations
through the adoption of the Capability Maturity Model(R) Integration (CMMI),
how individuals and teams can work together to develop better software, and
how organizations that outsource or acquire their software development needs
can adopt cutting-edge methods when working with third-party vendors.
To register for the SEPG North America 2008 Conference visit the
conference web site at http://www.sei.cmu.edu/sepg/2008/. Exhibitor
opportunities are also still available but space is limited. If you are
interested in exhibiting at an SEPG Conference Series conference visit:
http://www.sei.cmu.edu/sepg/2008/exhibits.html
NOTE: Press and industry analysts interested in receiving a press pass for
the event can contact Kelly Kimberland, APR, or Shilo Raube at
public-relations@sei.cmu.edu.
About Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute
The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) is a U.S. Department of Defense
federally funded research and development center operated by Carnegie Mellon
University. The SEI helps organizations make measured improvements in their
software engineering capabilities by providing technical leadership to advance
the practice of software engineering. For more information, visit the SEI Web
site at http://www.sei.cmu.edu.
SOURCE Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute
Media Relations, Kelly Kimberland, APR of Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering
Institute, +1-412-268-4793, public-relations@sei.cmu.edu
